ATLANTA - A former head college football coach faced the possibility of losing his leg, but he found hope and healing in Atlanta.

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What started as a routine knee replacement turned into a medical nightmare for Phil Wilks. It did not end badly thanks to a team of doctors at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital and the use of cutting-edge technology.

When Wilks, a former Maryville College head football coach, went in for routine knee surgery in Tennessee, he had no idea it would turn into the toughest fourth quarter of his life.

"Had the right knee replaced and after a week, I just noticed something was wrong," he said.

Infection set in. The wound refused to heal. Doctors back home recommended he find an orthopedic surgeon, a plastic surgeon and an infectious disease specialist that

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